Vodafone said it has successfully carried out NB-IoT (Narrow Band – Internet of Things) interoperability tests, paving the way for a global rollout of NB-IoT services in the near future. The U.K.-based global wireless telco said it has tested modules made by Neul and Qualcomm with network equipment from Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia in multiple regions…. Read more →

Parks Associates reports that more than 75% of data in U.S. homes is carried via Wi-Fi connectivity. Wi-Fi is doing the large majority of work when it comes to home networking and data transport in U.S. broadband households amid ongoing rapid growth in network usage and data consumption, Parks’ senior director of research Harry Wang highlighted…. Read more →

by Mike Gualtieri of Forrester Research  (adapted from Forrester Research white paper “IoT Upsets Application Development”) Overview: This is a follow on to the recent IoT post: Cisco Study: Few IoT projects survive proof-of-concept stage; Electric Imp on why not? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Internet of things (IoT) is the latest transformational technology, extending ubiquitous connectivity and control to… Read more →

AT&T’s LTE Cat M (LTE-M) network is now live across the U.S. on the company’s nationwide LTE network after software upgrades.  The deployment was ahead of schedule and comes approximately seven weeks after rival Verizon launched its own LTE-M offering.  In an earlier techblog post this week, Sprint said it will deploy LTE-M in mid 2018…. Read more →

AT&T plans to conduct two trials of its AirGig millimeter-wave technology to show how it could be an alternative to fiber-based fronthaul (access) and backhaul, AT&T’s President of Technology Operations Bill Hogg said at the Jefferies 2017 Global Technology Conference which was webcast.  Mr. Hogg mostly talked about the evolution of AT&Ts wireless network as it moves… Read more →

Introduction: There seems to be an Internet of Things (IoT) conference every month at the Santa Clara Convention Center, with the same issues and problems being discussed at each one. The IoT Developers conference (IoT DevCon) is different. The conference is intended for embedded design engineers and managers working on IoT technologies and applications.  IoT DevCon… Read more →

T-Mobile is the latest wireless carrier to jump the gun on standardized 5G (IMT 2020 standards won’t be completed by ITU-R WP5 till end of 2020 as we’ve noted many, many times).  It’s anticipated that 5G networks will provide faster speeds and much lower latency than the current 4G LTE  and LTE Advanced networks and… Read more →

Overview: AT&T told investment analysts this week that software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) technology would be a key part of its portfolio down the road, especially for small and medium-size businesses.  AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson offered insight into AT&T’s SD-WAN strategy on its Q1-2017 earnings call on Wednesday. Most of the call, especially the prepared remarks, was devoted to… Read more →